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The Wimbledon Poisoner

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC One
  • 1994
  • 2 episodes (1 series)

Adaptation of the Nigel Williams novel about a murder attempt gone wrong. Also features Robert Lindsay, Alison Steadman, Philip Jackson, Larry Lamb, Art Malik and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1994
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
2 (1 series)
Stars
Robert Lindsay, Alison Steadman, Philip Jackson, Larry Lamb, Art Malik, Mabel McKeown, Simon Chandler, Wendy Nottingham and more
Writer
Nigel Williams
Director
Robert Young
Producers
Linda Agran, Michael Wearing, Nick Barton and Al Burgess

Henry Farr is a mild-mannered solicitor who lives a rather boring life in the London suburb of Wimbledon. Fed up with being bullied by his overpowering, feminist wife, Elinor, he decides that the only way to solve his problem is to murder her. But his attempts to poison her go dramatically wrong...

Additional details

Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 11th December 1994 at 9:10pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats
  • Friday 29th March 2024 at 3:15am on TPTV - Episode 2
  • Friday 29th March 2024 at 2:00am on TPTV - Episode 1
  • Thursday 14th December 2023 at 12:25am on TPTV - Episode 2

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